A CHARITY golf day and Christmas raffle has raised more than $20,000 for Bendigo Foodshare.
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Bendigo Toyota created the new fundraiser in addition to their annual food drive, which this year saw three tonnes of food donated to Bendigo Foodshare.
Bendigo Foodshare chief executive Michelle Murphy said it was fantastic to see the Bendigo business community throw their support behind the fundraisers.
"Bendigo Toyota are a a long-term supporter of us and came to us with this idea to create a golf day and get businesses on board. We are blown away by how much business did come on board."
The Christmas raffle was run in conjunction with the golf day. Prizes were donated by more than 40 local businesses involved in the event.
Bendigo Toyota marketing manager Gabrielle Richards said raising funds as well as food donations would benefit Bendigo Foodshare.
"We normally do our Fill It For Foodshare campaign but (Foodshare) said it was difficult for them to store it, so we thought it would better to raise funds and let them put it to what ever they need," she said.
"We had incredible support from local businesses for the raffle and had some huge donations. (The golf day) had a fantastic atmosphere of people chipping in. Everyone was feeling very charitable which was great.
"Going forward, we might look at doing our food donation in the middle of the year and our golf day and raffle at the end.
"We jumped on board when Foodshare first started (seven years ago). They approached us to be a sponsor and we understood it was an important donation and they do a lot of great work locally - not just here in Bendigo."
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